The term would become 18 years with a new justice appointed every two years. A group of senators led by Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey introduced legislation…
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Supreme Court Turns Away Defamation Case
A mining company’s CEO being described as a “felon” was not slander. The Supreme Court denied an appeal made by former mining CEO Donald Blankenship to hold media…
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Federal Judge Allows OK Ban on Transgender Procedures for Youth
He says there is not enough legal reason to impose a temporary block. District Judge John Heil recently ruled that the state of Oklahoma may proceed with the…
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Supreme Court Will Review Censorship and Social Media Cases
The court’s next session begins Monday. The Supreme Court announced that the justices will hear two major cases where tech industry groups are challenging restrictive state laws. One…
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Alabama Appeals to Supreme Court Over Rejection of Redrawn District Map
Judges in Birmingham again ruled redrawn map violates the Voting Rights Act. Alabama officials requested that the Supreme Court temporarily halt the rejection of the state’s redrawn electoral…
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Appeals Court Rules to Limit Access to Abortion Drug
Mifepristone was not ordered to be removed from the market, and the case goes to Supreme Court. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Food and…
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Brett Kavanaugh is Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court is the highest court in our federal judiciary, with jurisdiction over lower…
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DOJ Petitions Supreme Court Review of Social Media Laws
The issue is whether or not moderation that removes comments amounts to censorship. The Supreme Court is considering taking up two cases, one from Texas and one from…
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Education Department Beta Tests Loan Repayment Program
The income-based program is intended to streamline loan repayment and mitigate the burden of student debt. The U.S. Department of Education launched a beta test of an application…
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SCOTUS Allows Ghost Gun Rule for Now
A lower court’s decision is paused while proceedings continue. The Supreme Court has paused an order issued by a district court judge that halted efforts to regulate “ghost…
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